Kingsley Amis

I enjoy talking to you more than anybody else because I never feel I am giving myself away and so read more

I enjoy talking to you more than anybody else because I never feel I am giving myself away and so can admit to shady, dishonest, crawling, cowardly, unjust, arrogant, snobbish, lecherous, perverted and generally shameful feelings that I don't want anybody else to know about; but most of all because I am always on the verge of violent laughter when talking to you.If you were here, I keep thinking, we would spend the time in talk and drink and smoke and I should be laughing a lot of the time, and I should be enjoying myself a lot of the time.

I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pâté than any other.

I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pâté than any other.

No pleasure is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home at Weston-super-Mare

No pleasure is worth giving up for the sake of two more years in a geriatric home at Weston-super-Mare

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.

It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.